Course Schedule

(version 07 January 2013, subject to change)

All chapter readings should be done in advance of first lecture.

Week of	Readings in Essential University Physics, R. Wolfson	Subject
14 Jan 2013	Chapter 20	Electric Charge, Electrostatic Force, and Electric Field
21 Jan 2013	Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (Monday) Chapter 21	Gauss' Law
28 Jan 2013	Chapter 22	Electric Potential
04 Feb 2013	MidTerm Exam 1 (Monday) Chapter 23  (Wed, Fri)	Chap 20–22 Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors
11 Feb 2013	Chapter 24	Current and Resistance
18 Feb 2013	Chapter 25	Electric Circuits
25 Feb 2013	Chapter 25 MidTerm Exam 2:  (Wednesday) Chapter 26 (Friday)	Electric Circuits Chap 20–25 Magnetism
04 Mar 2013	Chapter 26	Magnetic Force and Fields
11 Mar 2013	Spring Break 11—15 March 2013
18 Mar 2013	Chapter 27	Magnetic Induction, Magnetic Energy
25 Mar 2013	Chapter 28	AC Circuits
01 Apr 2013	MidTerm Exam 3 (Monday) Chapter 29	Chap 20–28 Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
08 Apr 2013	Chapter 30	Reflection and Refraction
15 Apr 2013	Chapter 31, 32	Geometrical Optics
22 Apr 2013	Chapter 32	Interference and Diffraction
29 Apr 2013	Review, Chap 20—32 (Monday)

Exams  (note all exams are inclusive of all material from the beginning of Phys 231)
Exam 1, Chapters 20-22, Monday 04 February 2013
Exam 2, Chapters 20-25,  Wednesday 27 February 2013
Exam 3, Chapters 20-28, Monday 01 April 2013
Final Exam, Chapters 20–32, Friday 03 May 3013,  
    12:30–03:30pm (CRN 20171 or 25207)
    03:45–06:45pm (CRN 20172 or 25209)

Homework schedule (tentative)

Subject	HW or Exam #	Day/Date HW available	Date HW due
Chapter 20	HW 1	Monday, 14 Jan 2013	Wednesday, 23 Jan 2013
Chapter 21	HW 2	Friday, 18 Jan 2013	Wednesday, 30 Jan 2013
Chapter 22	HW 3	Friday, 22 Jan 2013	Friday, 29 Jan 2013
Chapter 20–22	Midterm Exam 1, Monday 04 Feb 2013
Chapter 23	HW 4	Tuesday, 05 Feb 2013	Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013
Chapter 24	HW 5	Friday, 08 Feb 2013	Wednesday, 19 Feb 2013
Chapter 25	HW 6	Friday, 15 Feb 2013	Monday, 25 Feb 2013
Chapter 20–25	Midterm Exam 2, Wednesday  27 Feb 2013
Chapter 26	HW 7	Thursday, 28 Feb 2013	Friday, 08 Mar 2013
Chapter 27	HW 8	Friday, 15 Mar 2013	Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013
Chapter 28	HW 9	Friday 22 Mar 2013	Friday 22 Mar 2013
Chap 22-28	Midterm Exam 3, Monday 01 April 2013
Chapter 29	HW 10	Tuesday 02 Apr 2013	Friday, 12 Apr 2013
Chapter 30	HW 11	Friday, 05 Apr 2013	Wednesday 17 Apr 2013
Chapter 31	HW 12	Friday, 12 Apr 2013	Wednesday 24 Apr 2013
Chapter 32	HW 13	Friday, 19 Apr 2013	Friday 26 Apr 3013